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Billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Financial Services Group said it may apply for a virtual banking license in Singapore, a move that would add a heavyweight contender to the race.

The company is reportedly paying bonuses to get retailers to accept its cards; both sides offer different take of rare get-together.

PayPal Ventures is part of an investment group that has raised $4.2 million for cryptocurrency risk management platform TRM Labs.

The startup — whose backers include CitiVentures, SVB Capital and Microsoft's venture fund — says it's building an end-to-end platform for small businesses that integrates loans, checking, payments and other services.

The rise of challenger banks has meant that this revenue stream is becoming increasingly squeezed.

As deployments accelerate it's hard to ignore the validity of cryptocurrency. But there's still work to do, says Polyient Labs' Brad Robertson.

Bryce VanDiver and Daniela Hawkins at Capco make the case that offering easy-to-use payment rewards is the way to win the loyalty of digital-only customers.

Wirecard will begin giving German users of its boon Planet digital account 0.75% interest on funds held in the prepaid card account beginning next year.

Zazu Limited, a Zambian fintech, has partnered with Mastercard to launch a mobile wallet that supports a prepaid account instantly issued from the app to any local consumer — with or without a bank account.

Congress can help create a more uniform federal regulatory testing ground to foster innovation.